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Charles Gwathmey
1938-2009
American architect
born in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Principal at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, LLP
Charles Gwathmey passed away on 3 Aug 2009, aged 71. Reports suggest he died of esophageal cancer.
photograph : William Taufic
Key Projects, alphabetical:
Astor Place Tower, East Village, Manhattan, USA
2005
Buffalo State College, USA
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Corning Glass Works Building (Corning Glass Center) Renovation
717 Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York
1993-94
This building by Wallace K. Harrison is 109m high; the lobby contains a mural by Josef Albers
Guggenheim Museum Renovation, New York, USA
1992
Museum Of Contemporary Art of North Miami, Florida, USA
1995
Yale Arts Complex, USA
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Practice Information
Office based at Tenth Avenue in Manhattan
Charles Gwathmey was a member of the "New York Five", famous for purist white neo-Corbusian architecture.
Member of the 'New York Whites', titled in 1969:
Peter Eisenman
Michael Graves
Charles Gwathmey
John Hejduk
Richard Meier
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Yale School of Architecture - Master of Architecture degree
1962
The William Wirt Winchester Fellowship recipient
Fulbright Grant recipient
Teaching
Davenport Professor
1983 & 1999
Yale - Bishop Professor
1991
Harvard University - Eliot Noyes Visiting Professor
1985
Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Letters - Brunner Prize
1970
American Institute of Architects New York Chapter - Medal of Honor
1983
Yale School of Architecture - Yale Alumni Arts Award
1985
Guild Hall Academy of Arts - Lifetime Achievement Medal in Visual Arts
1988
New York State Society of Architects - Lifetime Achievement Award
1990
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